Archive | January, 2013

It’s heart month and it began with everyone being asked to wear red to increase awareness of heart disease, Hawai`i’s number one killer. Even better, the month also got off to a life-saving start with John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) graduate and faculty member (Surgery and Emergency Medicine) and this year’s President of [...]

The University of Hawai`i medical school is increasingly exporting its knowledge of the use of simulation technology in medicine. When our SimTiki staff aren’t on the road to Japan, Australia and other sites, they are hosting learners from Japan, Korea and other nations here. On January 25, they conducted a simulation-based training workshop between the [...]

The John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) has worked closely with the University of Hawai`i Foundation to establish a job posting web site that will connect alumni and others with opportunities to practice in Hawai`i. The site will post jobs for physicians, advanced practice nurses and physician assistants. The pages are now “live” with [...]

(Abington, Pa.) Dr. Sara Grimes, a 2011 MD graduate of the University of Hawai`i’s medical school, was named Teacher of the Year as an intern in the OB-GYN residency program at Abington Memorial Hospital in Pennsylvania. Dr. Grimes was selected by the medical students for the honor, which goes to the MD resident who most contributes [...]

In support of continuing efforts to reduce energy consumption and operating costs, the University of Hawai’i System offices and campuses statewide will be reducing or suspending operations on non-instructional days during the week of March 25-29, 2013. System offices and the Kaka’ako Medical Office Building (MEB) will also be closed on Tuesday, March 26, in [...]